{"product_id":"the-fear-robert-mugabe-and-the-martyrdom-of-zimbabwe-9780316051873","title":"The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe","description":"Journalist Peter Godwin has covered wars. As a soldier, he's fought them. But nothing prepared him for the surreal mix of desperation and hope he encountered when he returned to Zimbabwe, his broken homeland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Godwin arrived as Robert Mugabe, the country's dictator for 30 years, has finally lost an election. Mugabe's tenure has left Zimbabwe with the world's highest rate of inflation and the shortest life span. Instead of conceding power, Mugabe launched a brutal campaign of terror against his own citizens. With foreign correspondents banned, and he himself there illegally, Godwin was one of the few observers to bear witness to this period the locals call The Fear. He saw torture bases and the burning villages but was most awed as an observer of not only simple acts of kindness but also churchmen and diplomats putting their own lives on the line to try to stop the carnage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fear\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about the astonishing courage and resilience of a people, armed with nothing but a desire to be free, who challenged a violent dictatorship. It is also the deeply personal and ultimately uplifting story of a man trying to make sense of the country he can't recognize as home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316051873\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/13\/2011 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/19\/2011 pg. 139\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Peter Godwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41596115452085,"sku":"9780316051873","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4e383930-7f6c-464b-8374-f4fad5f10061.jpg?v=1644333246","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-fear-robert-mugabe-and-the-martyrdom-of-zimbabwe-9780316051873","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}